Bibliograph

The first Black boxing champions, essays on fighters of the 1800s to the 1920s, edited by Colleen Aycock and Mark Scott ; foreword by Al Bernstein

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The first Black boxing champions, essays on fighters of the 1800s to the 1920s, edited by Colleen Aycock and Mark Scott ; foreword by Al Bernstein

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The first Black boxing champions

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

630498344

Responsibility statement

edited by Colleen Aycock and Mark Scott ; foreword by Al Bernstein

Sub title

essays on fighters of the 1800s to the 1920s

Summary

"Biographies: from Tom Molineaux, a slave who won freedom and fame in the ring in the early 1800s; to Joe Gans, the first African American world champion; to the flamboyant Jack Johnson (film of his defeat of former champion and "Great White Hope" Jim Jeffries was banned across U.S.); round-by-round coverage of historic fights"--Provided by publisher

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